ABSTRACT: The articles are:. 2. Assisted conception : the state of the art,
by John Parsons. 3. Control of human reproduction : a clinical perspective on
bioethical problems, by Gian Carlo di Renzo, Ermelendo V. Cosmi, Gaetano
Caserta. 4.The clinical classification of infertility, by Donald Evans. 5.
Infertlity, childlessness and the need for treatment : is childlessness a
social or a medical problem, by Soren Holm. 6. Ad hominem : a consideration of
a feminist critique of the moral discourse of embryologists and others, by
Neil Pickering.

ABSTRACT: PART I: WOMEN's HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA : TOWARDS A SITUATIONAL
AND GROUNDED APPROACH:.
1. The women's convention in a diverse world : a context based approach.
2. Situating the concept of discrimination in women's lives : women as
individuals and women in family relationships.
3. Measuring rapid and eneven progress : adoption of the equality principle in
'local law'.
4. Taking appropriate measures : addressing pluralisms, differences and
complex relations.
5. The fieldwork : sources of 'local law'.
6. Sources of state-law and international law.
PART II: EQUALITY AND GENERATIONAL CONTINUITY : MANAGEMENT OF PROCREATIVE
PROBLEMS IN THREE SOCIAL FIELDS: 7. Procreative problems and changing family
laws in Zimbabwe : interplay between international, national and local norms.
8. Local procreative practices and gender equality in colonial law.
9. From repugnancy to non-discrimination : procreative arrangements in
international and national law.
10. Equality and patrilineal continuity in three semi-autonomous social fields
: a relational actor perspective.
11. Traditional healing.
12. Reconciliation of matrimonial disputes in the community court.
13. Family practices.
14. From semi-autonomy to 'local law' : the uneven adoption of the equality
principle.
PART III: DISCRETIONARY ACTS, LEGAL PLURALISM AND EQUALITY : DISSOLUTION OF
CHILDLESS MARRIAGES IN THE COMMUNITY COURT:.
15. Coexisting marriage contracts : gender equality and legal pluralism in the
local community court.
16. "Local law" : a socio-legal actor perspective.
17. Sterility, barrenness and impotency : divorce practice in Seke Community
Court 1982-1988.
18. Irretrievable breakdown : discretrion, infertility and gender equality.
19. Equitable distribution of matrimonial property : discretion, infertility
and guilt.
20. Mixed identities and mixed laws.
PART IV: THE DYNAMICS OF CUSTOMARY LAWS IN A CHANGING WORLD : EQUALITY,
DIGNITY AND RETURN OF BRIDE PRICE IN CHILDLESS MARRIAGES:.
21. The future of customary law and plural systems of law : objectives and
outline of the study.
22. Interaction between Western and customary laws : return of Lobolo upon
divorce as example.
23. Western law and localm custom in the native appeal court : a socio-legal
actor perspective.
24. Native appeal court practice inthe light of local use.
25. Appropriate measures : equality, dignity and protection through
unification or pluarlism?
PART V: BETWEEN UNIVERSALISM AND RELATIVISM : THE SCOPE FOR SITUATIONAL
ADJUSTMENT:.
26. Reconciling women's human rights with local customs and practices.